Table 2 Biopsy characteristics and sampling strategy in patients submitted to trans-bronchial lung cryobiopsy (TLCB)
Biopsy characteristics | No. (% or range) |
|---|---|
Number of samples | 3.3 (1–11) |
Probe size | |
- 2,4 mm | - 613 (87.7%) |
- 1,9 mm | - 73 (10.4%) |
- 2,4 + 1,9 mm - unknown | - 11 (1.6%) - 2 (0.3%) |
Sample site | |
- One site | - 422 (60.4%) |
- Two different sites | - 267 (38.2%) |
- 166 same lobe - 101 different lobes | |
- Three different sites | - 10 (1.4%) |
Cryobiopsy smallest axis diameter | 4.57 mm +/− 1.18 (0.86–9.81 mm) |
Cryobiopsy largest axis diameter | 6.31 +/−  1.91 mm (range 1.61–20.12). |
Pleural tissue present (visceral and/or parietal) | 177 (25.3%) |
Sample surface area | 30.35 mm2 +/−  18.4 (range 1,51–392.4) |